The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-29

the calculations OF anybody. she was
considered to hc little more than u school
girl, having been just cmancipated from
the fashionable Academy of St. Rarnabas,
| where, besides indistinct reading and illeg-
ible writing, she had been taught q smat-
tering Of the ologies, academical French,
and SCHOOLGIRL music. This was her first
summer tour. She looked mp to the new
conner as a rather mature gentleman, 80
seeming oil to Is; but as she heard him
and her brother talk she was amazed aud
rather delighted at the vast amount Of In
formation possessed BY the lAg stranger.
Braxton had Travelled all over Europe and
Asia-he was IN Palestine when tho news
of his fathers sudden death reached him
and he had been keen observer. Quiet
as he generally was, and even reserved,
he was quite entertaining when drawn
out, and little Margaret listened with
widely opened cars, remaining quietly in
tho background, with nothing to say.
Impulsivc ut times, she was shy in gen.
cral, and with " pleasant, easy way at
home, waa iMshful among strangers il
they were her seniors. She had not
Marlan's manner nor Marian's beauty,
though ,la was neither awkward nor
homely. She looked more like her mother,
who had hccn dark. while her sister and
brother were in,r. She inherited ono
thing from her nlothcr-a pair 0f large,
dark hazel eyes, that at times lit up her
whole face with u strange lustcr.
Marian put forth her whole fascination,
and Draxton seemed ~ succuInb to it at
once. They all walked back to tho hotel,
where OrringtOn and lsraxton--it was
"Jack, my boy, land "l;lsnorc old fcllow,''
with thcm-rccalled their old college
scrapes to quite late hour. When the
party separated for the night it seemed M
though Elmorc Braxton had been long as
intimate with the rest of the family as he
had been years before with Jack.
1t was soon rumorctl arounl who Brax-
ton was. or rather what he was, and hc
received considerable attention from far
seeing fathers and match making mothers,
with modest smiles from spinstcrs thrown
in; but he chung to Jack and his party,
and Marian was triumphant. She was
still more elatcd when he promised to be
their guest in Philadelphia 50 soon as no
had visited Il coal mine in Pennsylvania
in which he was heavily interested. He
was to part with them at Buffalo, tho
others taking II different route.
The morning of the day he left Buffalo,
Margaret was late ut the breakfast table
where tho party sat, and John rather i'm
patiently asked Of Marian. "What does
keep little Miss Ugly!'
Braxton started suddenly, and repeated
the last three words Of the question.
"Oh,'' cried John, laughing II had for.
gotten TINT you didn't know our domestic
slang. Tho name is fastened OH Mar
garet, hut it has no reference to her
looks. When she was 4 baby, and was
teething, she was rather fretful, and
father playfully called her Little Miss
Ugly 1t grew into pct name with all
Of us, much to mothers disgust. It
vexcs her, though, and VIC only use it in
advertently, just rs it came ont now.'
s'Margaret is i nice little girl, though:
uniformed rs yct," said Marian. ''She is
not as impulsive us She used to bc, though
She is still little more than child"
'Pcggy's impulses arc g.xxl nnes, Mari
an said John.
"Oh, of course, or she wouldn't be an
Orrtn2ton; hut they do lead to ridiculous
consequences sometimes. Just think of
that tramp!''
''Ah:" said Draxton. inq;,iringly.
VT Il commonplace enough. Elmorc,"
observed Jack, ''but it gavc IN LOT: os fun
at tho tiElc. just after We were Graduated
you went oil somewhere for /. tramping
toSH, and | cam" home. and we all went
up % tho country house. Margaret was u
FIJI & ~ then, in short dresses. and fond
ot Clubbing Fences; and rambling round,
Whitls ;,ccounts FOR her rather robust
hoalsh Grandfather Sacky;llc-that was
ih' .'r:. s'>.o:c h. tlicd-.:,avc her a $40
cold ni'"> i'or"l'cnding money. She didn't
,''. 10 '':>:ss; il, end carried it around in
ny i'a>'.c.: or cho went tax: :,cXt day tC
y j" n'i' blackberry patel, we had at one
'n'! th' place. Intending doubtless to
":' ':"r ill, cnldlikc. t,hc happened to be
.l",' ~ ..>'lr", when c:.r SAW two i'll look.
n; '!'".; rro,chinG under the hank
"A :":'i e; ;cu; ,iccpthcrc. She hid among
30" 'npl'ica and watched ;hcn,. fearing
20 1T ,he:n .c' hc". Presently Il Young
i''i"" cane long whistling. The two
.:;inn' n'idrn!y Gpran:: o,, hiE. Accord.
al:s -'nr.s'Tr:':: account he WAS !, Dlucky
ch;:' ;nl fought like Il tiger. ha, the two
ramp "rrr 700 much ior him. They
kn2'i,ru him Gown. turned .ii: his. ,.,ckcts.
can,'rHl his watch. end made Oft, leaving
niEa faint and bleeding. When they were
gone 4'e-,y came out. acted the good
Samaritan, GIu wiped tho bloou OF his
race With ."r handkerchief. lie thanked
her ;nd Gskcl who she was .()h, I'm
little Miss Cgly,' was her reply. Then.
as She thought l'e was left destitute, she
,orceu the $40 gold piece in his hand. and
ny that lime, suppose, got frightened at
nc" own boldncss. -At all events. she ran
away, :Mi reached home trembling.
When She told her story we Ill laughed.
except grandfather; hc was imrcnsc.i. and
declared hc wouldn't give her anything
Tor six months And now comes the odd
part OF it, While VIC were discussing the
matter, AMI pokinE fun ut the little girl.
III walked our man Patrick with u lctto,.
IN his hand. He was very i;.diyuant.a = 1T
Is Tor you, Miss Margaret. \ hlagyard
beyant ,owld mo to give it to Miss Tsly.